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From what I can tell, the following channels are no longer streaming for me:
A&E, The History Channel, Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, Hallmark Drama, Lifetime, GAC LIving, FYI, Miltary History, VICE, LMN.
Most are reporting Windvine encryption, though some (e.g. Hallmark channels) seem to report a normal redirect, but are just not streaming anything, apparently.
I can't be sure, but it looks like an unsuccessful attempt to access a channel forces a need to re-logon.
This info was collected by using the M3U8 file with VLC, and observing the output of the python script (I'm not using Docker, naked Python instead).
In reply to Paul.C and not the Guide data issue, I ran into the problem with some of those channels no longer working myself a couple of weeks ago and simply needed to make sure I was running the latest Docker container.
Yes there are some channels that are now DRM and no longer viewable. A&E, History, FYI and Lifetime for example. Actually, pretty much the new channels they added a couple of months ago. The rest of their line up of channels luckily remains DRM free.
Of the ones you mentioned: The Hallmark Channel, Movies & Mysteries, and Drama work. And so does Military History, Vice, GAC Living and LMN. I confirmed all those just now. Everything else I looked at like Weather Channel and LocalNOW also work on the most recent Docker container.
I'm not running the docker container. I'm using the Python script 'naked', and did update from Github before testing. It's possible that there's some version skew, I don't know if both are being updated at the same time. It's also possible that VLC is somehow more fussy about the URLs (and redirects) that are happening.
I've also noticed the Pixi stream doesn't always start correctly ('no data after 10 secs' error reported on the recordings) even though it works whenever I try it live. I've disabled this for now, I'm just not seeing sufficient reliability. Not sure if I'll maintain my Frndly TV subscription - it has little value to me if I can't use it with Channels
Well I can't help with the naked Python or the VLC... But I most certainly agree that if I weren't able to use "most of" Frndly (particularly TWC) with Channels I would definitely cancel my Frndly subscription.
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Thank you. I was able to run the command but I don't see any improvements.
Already on the latest prerelease and server restart didn't help either.
Next idea: install the non-docker version. Currently stuck on figuring out how to get pip on Windows.
I haven't been able to get it back so I just cancelled my Frndly TV subscription and removed the source in Channels.
Thank you anyway. It was great when it worked.
Hallmark Channel doesn't seem to be working now. Is this a DRM issue?
Well I do not know what the issue is with Hallmark, but I can confirm Hallmark is no longer working for me too. The rest of Frndly (excluding the previous DRM channels and Hallmark) is working fine.
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Hallmark and Hallmark Drama aren’t working but Hallmark Movies and Mysteries is still working. Strange how one of the three is still working. My docker is updated and most of the other channels are working so not sure what I can do to fix this.
Actually now I am getting Hallmark after a long load up time. Hallmark Movies after a long load up. Hallmark Drama times out. I am not thinking this is a DRM issue. Again the rest of the channels load up quick (often faster than my TVE channels.)
Confirmed. Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Drama are no longer working. Reboot Docker, no change. Guess its time to cancel subscription.
I am experiencing long load times on hallmark occasionally, other channels,load quickly
Has anyone got an update on this? Still down today.
Tnx
It is magically back.
I tried them again today, and the previously DRMed channels are working for me again! History, A&E, fyi, and Lifetime. When did this happen?
Well, cool. I can confirm that all the channels including the problem Hallmark and the ones we thought to be DRM are functioning properly for me too. I only checked just now. Nice to see they are back. I was thinking that eventually all the Frndly channels would eventually get DRM, now I don’t know what to think.
i didnt change anything my end - so they must have just removed the drm
fyi - Frndly TV just added MeTV and Story TV. And apparently, a couple more sub-channels are expected this week.
Cool. Yeah, I'm seeing the channels in the guide and can play it live. But I am not actually getting show data. So ME and Story are there, but the data is missing. I did delete and recreate the guide database. With added channels I'll just give this a couple of days to get worked out.